Dictionary Entry
intrench
intrench is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
- 2transitive verb
To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself.
- 3intransitive verb
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.
- 4verb
fix firmly or securely
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